99-18661. Technical Conference on HACCP Implementation

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 140 (Thursday, July 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 39481]
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[FR Doc No: 99-18661]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. 99-037N]


Technical Conference on HACCP Implementation

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is holding a 
public meeting on August 17-18, 1999, to discuss technical issues 
related to the implementation of the Pathogen Reduction/Hazard Analysis 
and Critical Control Point Systems, Final Rule. The focus of the 
meeting will be to address how a hazard analysis is to be conducted and 
documented, and what constitutes validation of HACCP plans. In 
conjunction with addressing what constitutes the validation of HACCP 
plans, the topics of Listeria and performance standards related to 
lethality and stabilization will be addressed. A steering committee 
made up of people from industry, trade associations, consumer groups, 
and academia assisted in identifying sub-topics to be addressed at the 
conference. The FSIS Technical Service Center staff, which is the 
Agency's primary resource for addressing technical questions, will host 
the meeting.

DATES: The public meeting will be held August 17-18, 1999, from 8 a.m. 
until 4:30 p.m. each day.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the Embassy Suites Omaha 
Downtown/Old Market, 555 South 10th Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68102, 
Telephone [phone], FAX [phone]. The meeting is open to 
the public on a space-available basis. To register for the meeting, 
contact Ms. Deborah Arthur of the Food Safety and Inspection Service's 
Technical Service Center on or before August 10, 1999, by TELEPHONE 
[phone], FAX [phone], or e-mail [e-mail] 
Attendees who require a sign language interpreter or other special 
accommodation should contact Ms. Arthur at the above numbers. Send an 
original and two copies of comments to: FSIS Docket Clerk, Docket #99-
037N, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection 
Service, Room 102, Cotton Annex, 300 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 
20250-3700. All comments submitted in response to this notice will be 
available for public inspection in the Docket Clerk's Office between 
8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Transcripts from the 
meeting will be on file for viewing in the FSIS Docket Clerk's Office.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Karlease Kelly, Technical Service 
Center, Office of Field Operations, Food Safety and Inspection Service, 
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Suite 300 Landmark Center, 1299 Farnam 
Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68102, TELEPHONE [phone], FAX [phone] 
or e-mail [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to address 
technical issues that have emerged during the implementation of the 
Agency's Pathogen Reduction/Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point 
(PR/HACCP) Systems Final Rule, which published on July 25, 1996. The 
PR/HACCP rule calls for federally inspected establishments to develop a 
HACCP-based food safety system to reduce the risk of foodborne 
illnesses from livestock and poultry products. The PR/HACCP Systems 
Final Rule has been implemented in large and small establishments with 
a high degree of success. The final phase of implementation will take 
place in January 2000, with the implementation by very small 
establishments.
    It is envisioned that the meeting will be useful for the 
establishments that have already implemented HACCP as well as for those 
establishments that will be implementing HACCP.

    Done at Washington, DC on: July 13, 1999.
Thomas J. Billy,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 99-18661 Filed 7-21-99; 8:45 am]
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